title: Autoanti-Ge associated with severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
abstract: Severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia due to anti-Ge is described. The patient's red cells had a positive direct antiglobulin test, and they typed as Ge+ using saline reactive reagents. Anti-Ge was eluted from her RBCs, and her serum had an IgG and IgM anti-Ge2,3.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Shulman
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vengelen-Tyler
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity / Q000276:immunology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D004905:Erythrocyte Aging / Q000276:immunology; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012156:Reticulocytes; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D001789:Blood Group Antigens